and you have to remember, ive been doign this in my home town for 13 years now, and have a nice client base, and LOADS of referrals... i USED to charge $25/hour for computer work, then moved onto web stuff, @ $50, then $75 and now, because im so busy, ive had to raise it... and yanno what... im busier than ever.
perceived value. drive the market price up, deliver a solid product and build a good client base, and take care of them and you can do so. tw On Jan 24, 2008 11:14 AM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > for my friends i do 75. > > and what i dont do, i bill for small 15 min stuff. > > they get lots of little stuff that doesnt take > brain power. > > i make my nut on the initial construction. > > and then keep em happy with good cust. service > in the long run :) > and im my own host, i have the recurring that comes in > every month > > tw > > > On Jan 24, 2008 9:28 AM, J.J. Merrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > $40-$60 in Nashville. I usually do $50. > > > > > > J.J. > > > > > > On 1/24/08, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Really? > > > > > > 100 -125 is pretty normal around Va/MD > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 6:09 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: Question for the independent contractors out there. > > > > > > My god weegs.. I charge half that and watch people stutter... > > > > > > -- > > > Scott Stewart > > > ColdFusion Developer > > > > > > SSTWebworks > > > 4405 Oakshyre Way > > > Raleigh, NC. 27616 > > > (919) 874-6229 (home) > > > (703) 220-2835 (cell) > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 2:57 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Question for the independent contractors out there. > > > > > > what are y'alls rates? > > > > > > im currently at $125/hour for some projects and $75 for friends projects. > > > > > > tw > > > > > > On 1/23/08, Casey Dougall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 1/23/08, Shawna Hampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I moonlighted for about 6 months before going full-time freelance. > > > > > > > > > > Almost all of my moonlight work I found through oDesk (www.odesk.com), > > > > > which > > > > > meant I got paid hourly through oDesk's system (buyer paid oDesk each > > > > > month, > > > > > oDesk paid me). This worked great because I didn't have to worry about > > > > > getting stiffed on a job if I hadn't asked for a deposit up front. > > > > > > > > > > > > Seems like oDesk developers don't charge enough. Were you able to make > > > some > > > > solid money on there? > > > > > > > > Casey > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:251828 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
